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Ostia

Summary: Two brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their upbringing. Bandiera and Rabbino were children when they pushed their drunken father out of a window for killing their pet sheep. When a girl is raped by her father...

Release Date: March 11, 1970

Genre: Drama

Director: Sergio Citti

Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

Production: Chretien, Mancori

Distributor: Compass Film, One 7 Movies

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

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abusive father abusive parent accident accidental killing accordion actual animal killed alcoholic alcoholism anarchist anarchy animal cruelty applause attempted rape bad father bad mother bare breasts bare butt bare chested boy bare chested male bare feet on table barefoot female barefoot male beach bechdel test failed biblical reference biting someone black comedy blood bloody hands boat bouquet boy brother brother relationship brother murders brother camera shot of a man's bare feet camera shot of bare feet camera shot of feet campfire carrying a dead body carrying someone carrying someone in one's arms catholic church cell cemetery characters say same line simultaneously child murderer childhood memory childhood trauma christian christianity church cigarette smoking city clipping someone's toenails clipping toenails clothed male naked female scene clothed male naked male scene clothes ripped off color coming of age communist confession conflict between brothers convict countryside covered male frontal nudity criminal criminal as protagonist crotch grab crotch grabbing cruel man cruel woman cruelty crying crying boy crying for help crying male crying man dance scene dancing a tango dancing in the street dead bird dead body dead seagull dead sheep death death of brother death of father degradation delinquency delinquent disposing of a dead body domestic abuse domestic violence drinking champagne drinking champagne from a bottle drinking from a bottle drinking wine drinking wine from a bottle drunken man drunkenness dysfunctional family eating someone's pet emotional abuse emotionally abusive behavior emotionally abusive man falling into water falling out a window falling to death family relationships father daughter relationship father son relationship feast feet on table female bare butt female nudity female objectification female rear nudity female star appears nude female star appears topless field fight fight between brothers fisherman fishing flashback flashing one's penis fratricide friend gang gang rape grabbing one's crotch grass grave group of friends hairy chested man hit on the head hit on the head with a tree branch homosexual horniness hospital hospital room hospital visit house of cards humiliation humming implied brother brother incest implied gang rape implied incest implied rape incest independent film italian countryside italian redneck italian village italy jail jail release jealous brother jealous man jealousy jumping into water killing a pet killing a sheep killing an animal killing someone's pet landscape letter lighting a cigarette listening to music listening to music in a car little boy looking at oneself in a mirror loss of brother loss of father lying on the floor male bare butt male female fight male frontal nudity male male dance male male hug male nudity male rear nudity male star appears nude male star appears shirtless man carries a man in his arms man wears a tank top man wears a wig man wears an open shirt man wears briefs man wears eyeglasses man wears lipstick man wears makeup man wears tighty whities man wears underwear man wrapped in a blanket masturbation reference men dance together mistaken belief that someone is dead mother issues murder mysterious woman naked sunbathing naked swimming non professional cast nonlinear timeline nude man covers himself nude man covers his crotch nude man with shoes on nude swimming nudity nurse off screen gang rape off screen rape off screen sex old woman one word title opening a champagne bottle opening champagne overweight man painting patricide penis flashing pet sheep playing accordion politics poverty prayer praying priest prison prison cell prison fight prison guard prison release prison visit prisoner promiscuity promiscuous woman proposing a toast punishment pushed into water pushed out a window rape rape attempt rape victim raped woman reading a letter reading a letter aloud reading aloud realism redneck redneck family reference to a saint reference to devil reference to immanuel kant reference to jan hus reference to jesus christ reference to saint joseph reference to the virgin mary reference to virgin mary reference to voltaire released from jail released from prison ripped off clothes rival rivalry rivalry between brothers rock paper scissors roma ostia rome italy rowboat running barefoot rural setting sadistic cruelty same sex dance saying the same thing simultaneously sculpture sea seagull secretly observing senior citizen sex sex crime sexual abuse sexual attraction sexual harassment sexual violence sheep sign of the cross singing singing along sitting on a table sitting on the floor skinny dipping sleeping in underwear sleeping shirtless slut shaming social drama social nudity soldier son murders father song speech spilled drink spitting spitting on a mirror spitting on someone spitting on the floor spitting out a drink standing on a table star appears nude statue street dancing stripping sunbathing swimming with clothes on taking off clothes taking off pants taking off shirt taking off shoes taking off socks taking off someone's shoes talking to a dead body talking to a dead brother talking to a sheep talking to an animal talking to one's dead brother talking to oneself talking to oneself in a mirror tango tango dance tango dancing tearing up a letter thief thief as protagonist throwing a dead bird throwing something at someone title spoken by character toenail clipping topless female nudity trauma traumatic experience traumatized boy traumatized man traumatized protagonist underage smoking undressing undressing someone urinating in front of someone urination village violence visit visit in prison visitor wet clothes whistling widow woman gang raped woman gang raped by men woman swims naked woman swims nude woman wears a bra woman wears a wig woman wears panties woman's clothes ripped off wrapped in a blanket writing a letter younger version of character

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